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Plans for Tulsa 2020 Olympic Stadium submitted

By Duncan Mackay

Tulsa_river_viewAugust 8 - A plan for an Olympic Stadium so Tulsa can host the 2020 Games is among proposals put forward to redevelop the west bank of Arkansas River in the city, even though the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has made it very clear that it is unlikely to bid for the event.



Orient take London 2012 Olympic Stadium row to Europe

By David Gold

London_2012_Olympic_Stadium_from_Greenway_August_5_003August 5 - Leyton Orient are continuing their fight to have a judicial review carried out into the decision to award West Ham United the right to move into the Olympic Stadium afterLondon 2012, and will take the case to the European Union following Justice Davis' decision that they had no grounds for such a review.


Cultural Olympiad arts project gets further funding boost

By Emily Goddard

Susan_Austin_Creating_the_Spectacle_04-08-11August 4 - Twelve of the world's greatest artistic talents have today been awarded a further £700,000 ($1.1 million/€806,000) of funding in the final round of commissions for Unlimited, the groundbreaking Cultural Olympiad programme that celebrates arts and culture by disabled and deaf people.